Re: Need Serious HD Recovery Help PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.970816162834.18241A-100000@ambrosia.dfwmm.net>,
 <mgruen@ambrosia.dfwmm.net> wrote:
>  I whiped out Deliverance and prayed.  After an hour and a half of 
>scanning the drive, just on the last block, blip, the program hung.

   I'd recommend reading the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html
section 8.12. ProSEL is recommended for accidental volme wipes; run it
and tell it not to assume a valid volume bitmap-- it'll scan over the
drive and try to recover files. [Files not in the root directory have
a much better chance of being recovered]

>    Also, should a hard drive slow down (even when just being scanned by 
>the computer as it's loading the drive onto the desk top) just because 
>theres more on it or would this be a framentation problem OR do I have a 
>deeper problem with it.

   Slow down in transfer speed, slow down in spinning, what? The
rotational speed should remain fairly constant after poweron,
despite fragmentation, etc.

Nathan Mates
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